PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Oakley Bark (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ragnarr Jiu (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Bark might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to RUN DMC its like that. Ragnarr Jiu is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples.

Bark
vs
Jiu

190 cm
42
209 lbs
44 - 25 - 0

185 cm
27
240 lbs
5 - 1 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Basic striking
Experienced

Hell's Balls Recovery (160)

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 44 - 25 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Oakley Bark!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Ragnarr Jiu!
The judges for this bout are James Glass, Steven Brown and James Atkins.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jiu shoots and misses

and Bark counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
The referee claps his hands together and tells the fighters to work.

Bark is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
Bark advances to half guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Jiu regains full guard. Nicely done.

Bark drops back, looking for a kneebar! Jiu looks panicked! The fighters roll across the mat, one looking to finish, one looking to escape. Jiu looks to have wriggled free... Yes, he's got his leg free and he's dived into side control! Good work there from Jiu!
We've been hearing good reports from Bark's training camp. Apparently he has been rolling around with some good quality BJJ practitioners and has been sharpening his skills. Let's see if that has an impact on the fight today.
The ground and pound from Jiu seems to be hitting the mat more than his opponent.
Bark on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Bark sneaks a leg under to get back to half guard.
I've been told that Jiu has been drilling his wrestling of late, which has already helped him take this fight to the mat. Let's see how much of an impact it has on the outcome of the ground game.
Jiu not landing any meaningful shots this time.

Bark is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Jiu pulls his head out easily.
Bark moves into full guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bark preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Jiu content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.

Bark is working actively from the bottom, looking for submissions. He's escaped his hips to the side and he's going for an armbar! Jiu has his hands clasped together but Bark extends and breaks Jiu's desperate grasp, forcing a tap out due to armbar! Nice BJJ displayed there by Bark.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:36 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Oakley Bark!
Oakley Bark took to the mic in his post fight interview and said 'I just wanna say this is probly my last MMA Fight I got nothing else to prove just going to try TWGC AN COACH thanks to all what a crazy ride'.